# Clara Spaulding — The Autobiography of Mark Twain character guide

> Clara Spaulding in The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Clara L. Spaulding

**First appearance:** 0003-the-autobiography-of-mark-twain

## Who they are

A friend of the Clemens family.

## Relationships

### [Helen Keller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/characters/helen_keller)

_friendship_

Clara Spaulding was a companion and teacher to Helen Keller, fostering her education.

### [Willard Fiske](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/characters/willard_fiske)

_friendship_

Mutual friends through the Clemens circle, sharing social and literary interests.

## In the story

### [Friday, February 16, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-friday-february-16-1906)

Called 'Aunt Clara'; helped care for Emma Nigh during her typhoid fever.

### [Monday, February 26, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-monday-february-26-1906)

Aunt Clara visits at the Everett House; her ill luck with horses is detailed, including an omnibus incident in Germany and a recent horseback accident.

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